Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - issue

 I. noun  Etymology: Middle English, exit, proceeds, from Anglo-French, from issir to come out, go out, from Latin exire to go out, from ex- + ire to go; akin to Gothic iddja he went, Greek ienai to go, Sanskrit eti he goes  Date: 14th century  1. plural proceeds from a source of revenue (as an estate)  2. the action of going, coming, or flowing out ; egress, emergence  3. a means or place of going out ; exit, outlet  4. offspring, progeny died without ~  5.  a. a final outcome that usually constitutes a solution (as of a problem) or resolution (as of a difficulty)  b. obsolete a final conclusion or decision about something arrived at after consideration  c. archaic termination, end hope that his enterprise would have a prosperous ~ — T. B. Macaulay  6.  a. a matter that is in dispute between two or more parties  b.  (1) a vital or unsettled matter economic ~s  (2) concern, problem I have ~s with his behavior  c. the point at which an unsettled matter is ready for a decision brought the matter to an ~  7. a discharge (as of blood) from the body  8.  a. something coming forth from a specified source ~s of a disordered imagination  b. obsolete deed  9.  a. the act of publishing or officially giving out or making available the next ~ of commemorative stamps ~ of supplies by the quartermaster  b. the thing or the whole quantity of things given out at one time read the latest ~  • ~less adjective  II. verb  (~d; issuing)  Date: 14th century  intransitive verb  1.  a. to go, come, or flow out  b. to come forth ; emerge  2. accrue profits issuing from the sale of the stock  3. archaic to descend from a specified parent or ancestor  4. to be a consequence or final outcome ; emanate, result  5. to appear or become available through being officially put forth or distributed  6. eventuate, terminate  transitive verb  1. to cause to come forth ; discharge, emit  2.  a. to put forth or distribute usually officially government ~d a new airmail stamp ~ orders  b. to send out for sale or circulation ; publish  c. British provide 2b, supply  Synonyms: see spring  • ~r noun